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Biomedical Engineering Minor

Build your knowledge to help launch the next generation of medical breakthroughs.

Today’s health issues will be solved with tomorrow’s diagnosis, monitoring, surgical and therapy technologies. With this undergraduate minor, you’ll build a foundation for entering the biomedical device field.

Program type:
Minor
Format:
On Campus
Est. time to complete:
2-3 years
Credit hours:
27
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Why minor in biomedical engineering minor?

From amazing medical technology featured in sci-fi movies, to the futuristic-like devices in today's most advanced hospitals, it will take experts that can fuse engineering and medicine to imagine tomorrow's innovations. Biomedical engineers create life-saving devices that can:

  • Create artificial organs
  • Automate monitoring of vitals
  • Assist in surgeries
  • Simulate procedures
  • Build medical advancements once considered science fiction

Our program covers biomedical topics in a variety of areas:

  • Bomechanics
  • Biomaterials
  • Bio-instrumentation
  • Multi-scale
  • Bio-simulation and modeling
  • Bio-signals
  • Other emerging biomedical engineering areas

Create the next generation of medical devices by bridging the gap between engineering and medicine. Most importantly, you'll gain the foundation to pursue further education and research to help create new medical devices that can help improve the healthcare outcomes of lives all around the world.

Biomedical Engineering Minor at UND

  • Designed to focus on areas where biomedical engineering expertise is most needed.

  • Help develop intellectual property to generate company spin-offs, attract new companies and economic development.

  • Collaborative research with faculty of UND's School of Medicine & Health Sciences, College of Engineering & Mines and NDSU's College of Engineering.

     

Biomedical Engineering Jobs

97K

Median pay for biomedical engineers

U.S.

10%

Projected job growth in the next 10 years

U.S.

Biomedical engineers will see an employment growth due to new technology and increasing applications to medical equipment and devices.

Demand will continue to grow as the baby-boom generation grows older and stays more active. There will be more need for biomedical devices and procedures such as hip and knee replacements.

Biomedical Engineering Minor Courses

ANAT 204. Anatomy for Paramedical Personnel. 3 Credits.

Two lectures per week presenting a system-based study of human gross anatomy. Prerequisite: Must have 12 or more credits. F,S.

PPT 301. Human Physiology. 4 Credits.

A study of the normal function of the human body with particular consideration given to the necessary background needed by students pursuing a course of study in Allied Health Sciences. There are three hours of formal classroom study, two hours of laboratory and an optional review period each week. Prerequisites: ANAT 204 and either BIOL 150/150L or CHEM 116/116L or CHEM 121/121L. F,S.

BIOL 151. General Biology II. 3 Credits.

Basic concepts of biology with emphasis on the process of science, genetics, molecular biology, evolution, biodiversity, and ecology. Broadly designed to satisfy the needs of those pursuing biological and preprofessional curricula. S.

EE 490. Electrical Engineering Problems. 1-9 Credits.

Repeatable to maximum of 9 credits. Prerequisite: Approval by departmental faculty member under whom the electrical engineering problem is studied. Repeatable to 9.00 credits. F,S.

EE 545. Introduction to Biomedical Engineering. 3 Credits.

This course introduces biomedical engineering and several systems of the human physiology. Signals of biological origin obtained from these systems, biosensors, transducers and bioelectrodes used to acquire such signals, along with medical quality amplifiers for measuring bipotentials, are discussed. Prerequisite: EE 314, EE 421 or consent of instructor.

EE 550. Biomedical Instrumentation. 3 Credits.

Introduction to circuits and systems that allow electrical technology to interface with biological systems. Prerequisite: EE 314, EE 316 and EE 421, or consent of instructor.

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